Nordre Bjøllåvatnet (Norwegian) or Bajep Ruovdajávrre (Lule Sami) is a lake that lies in the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. The 9.93-square-kilometre (3.83 sq mi) lake is located inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the border with the municipality of Beiarn and north of the border with the municipality of Rana. The lake flows out through the river Bjøllåga and ultimately into the river Ranelva.[1]
Nordre Bjøllåvatnet (Norwegian) Bajep Ruovdajávrre (Lule Sami) | |
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Location | Saltdal, Nordland |
Coordinates | 66°49′36″N 15°02′34″E / 66.8268°N 15.0428°E |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) |
Max. width | 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
Surface area | 9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) |
Surface elevation | 706 metres (2,316 ft) |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
See also
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edit- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Nordre Bjøllåvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-03-27.